Search for dissertations about: "hand trauma"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 39 swedish dissertations containing the words hand trauma.

  2. 6. Cold finger

    Author : Clas Backman; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Human; vascular; microsurgery; replantation; Cold intolerance; Vasospa;

    Abstract : Post Traumatic Cold Intolerance is the most common, and often the most prominent disabilityfrom hand trauma. The discomfort caused by cold is believed to be linked to a dysfunction o f thedigital vasoregulation, but its pathophysiology is poorly understood. Cold induced vasospasm, i.e. READ MORE

  4. 7. Automatic image analysis for decision support in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis

    Author : Johan Kälvesten; Anders Persson; Torkel Brismar; Glenn Haugeberg; Claes Lundström; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Osteoporosis; rheumatoid arthritis; digital X-ray radiogrammetry; joint space width; bone densitometry;

    Abstract : Low-energy trauma and fragility fractures represent a major public health problem. The societal cost of the fragility fractures that occurred in Sweden 2010 has been estimated at €4 billion.In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), patient outcomes have improved greatly in recent years. READ MORE

  5. 8. Stroke Darkly the Strings : On Paul Celan and Music

    Author : Axel Englund; Anders Olsson; Jacob Derkert; Martin Zenck; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Paul Celan; music; poetry; intermediality; metaphor; modernism; Jörg Birkenkötter; Harrison Birtwistle; György Kurtág; Erhard Karkoschka; Tilo Medek; Aribert Reimann; Wolfgang Rihm; Peter Ruzicka; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to disclose the oeuvre of the German-Romanian Holocaust survivor Paul Celan as a site of problematic yet productive encounters between poetry and music. It addresses, on the one hand, music as a thematic and structural element in Celan’s poetry and, on the other hand, contemporary musical works interacting with this poetry. READ MORE

  6. 9. Injury mortality in Sweden; changes over time and the effect of age and injury mechanism

    Author : Denise Bäckström; Folke Sjöberg; Ingrid Steinvall; Mats Fredrikson; Lovisa Strömmer; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Background: Injuries are one of the most common causes of death in the world. Varying types of injuries dominate in different parts of the world, which also have separate influences mortality. In Scandinavia blunt injuries dominates and the majority of those who die do so pre hospital. READ MORE

  7. 10. Haptics with Applications to Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery Planning

    Author : Pontus Olsson; Ingrid B. Carlbom; Blake Hannaford; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; medical image processing; haptics; haptic rendering; haptic gripper; visuo-haptic co-location; vibrotactile feedback; surgery simulation; virtual surgery planning; cranio-maxillofacial surgery; Computerized Image Processing; Datoriserad bildbehandling;

    Abstract : Virtual surgery planning systems have demonstrated great potential to help surgeons achieve a better functional and aesthetic outcome for the patient, and at the same time reduce time in the operating room resulting in considerable cost savings. However, the two-dimensional tools employed in these systems today, such as a mouse and a conventional graphical display, are difficult to use for interaction with three-dimensional anatomical images. READ MORE